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G/SPS/N/USA/2076/Add.1 
4 June 2012  
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Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
Addendum 
  
The following communication, received on 29 May 2 012, is being circulated at the request of 
the Delegation of the United States of America. 
 
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Final Rule:  Notice of Decision to Issue Permits for the Importation of Fresh Celery, Arugula, and 
Spinach from Colombia into the Continenta l United States (Docket No. APHIS-2010-0074) 
 The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Serv ice is advising the public of our decision to 
begin issuing permits for the importation into the continental United States of fresh celery, arugula, 
and spinach from Colombia.  Based on the findings of three pest risk analyses, which we made 
available to the public for review and comment through a previous notice, we believe that the 
application of one or more desi gnated phytosanitary measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks 
of introducing or disseminating plant pests or noxi ous weeds via the importation of fresh celery, 
arugula, and spinach from Colombia. 
 This notice is available in English at:  
http://www.regulations.gov/#!docum entDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0074-0009 ;  Federal Register 
Volume 77, Number 97 (Friday, 18 May 2012), Pages 29588-29589 
 This action is subsequent to a notice publis hed in the Federal Register on 25 August 2010 
(75 FR 52302-52303, Docket No. APHIS-2010-0074), in which we announced the availability, for 
review and comment, of three PRAs that evaluate the risks associated with the importation into the 
continental United States of fresh celery, arug ula, and spinach from Colombia.  We solicited 
comments on the notice for 60 days ending on 25 October 2010.  We received one comment by that 
date, from a State department of agriculture. 
 This rule is effective 18 May 2012. 
This addendum concerns a: 
[ ] Modification of final date for comments 
[X] Notification of adoption, publication or entry into force of regulation 
[ ] Modification of content and/or scope of previously notified draft regulation 
[ ] Withdrawal of proposed regulation 
[ ] Change in proposed date of adoption, publication or date of entry into force 
[ ] Other:    G/SPS/N/USA/2076/Add.1 
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  Comment period:  (If the addendum extends the scope of th e previously notified measure in terms 
of products and/or potentially affected Members, a new deadline for receipt of comments should be 
provided, normally of at least 60 calendar days.  Under other circumstances, such as extension of 
originally announced final date for comments, th e comment period provided in the addendum may 
vary.)  
[ ] Sixty days from the date of circulation of the addendum to the notification and/or 
(dd/mm/yy) :  Not applicable 
Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [ ] National Notification Authority, 
[ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax num ber and e-mail address (if available) of other 
body: 
For further information contact:  Ms. Dorothy C. Wayson, Senior Regulatory Coordination Specialist, 
PPQ-PHP-RPM, 4700 River Road Unit 133, Riverdale, MD 20737-1236;  +1 (301) 851-2036  
Text available from:  [X] National Notification Au thority, [ ] National Enquiry Point.  Address, 
fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
United States SPS National Notification Authority, US DA Foreign Agricultural Service, International 
Regulations and Standards Division (IRSD), Stop 1014, Washington D.C. 20250;  Tel:  +1 (202) 720 
1301;  Fax:  +1 (202) 720 0433;  E-mail:  us.spsenquirypoint@fas.usda.gov     
 
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